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• Wes Streeting: Israel’s attacks on Gaza are ‘unjustifiable’ and ‘intolerable’

  25-03-2025 23:47 via theguardian.com
  
  At Guardian Live event, health secretary says Israel’s decision to break Gaza ceasefire is ‘soul-destroying’ and ‘cannot be justified’Israel’s attacks on Gaza are “unjustifiable” and “intolerable”, Wes Streeting has said, as the health secretary expressed discomfort at images of bombs shattering the region that has been under threat by the Israelis “for many years”.Streeting said he found Israel’s decision to break the
  
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• Woman strangled during overnight visit with her husband at a California prison

  25-03-2025 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials look into death of Stephanie Brinson, who’s second person in a year to die during family visit at Ione facilityPrison officials are investigating the death of a woman who was strangled during an overnight visit with her husband at a California prison last year.Stephanie Diane Dowells, 62, also known as Stephanie Brinson, was killed in November, becoming the second person in a year to die during a family visit at Mule Creek state prison in Ione, the Los Angeles Times reported. Con
  
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• Trump downplays Yemen war plans group chat fiasco: 'It can happen'

  25-03-2025 23:05 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "At this time, the message thread that was reported appears to be authentic, and we are reviewing how an inadvertent number was added to the chain," the NSC said.
  
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• Yemen war plans group chat: A timeline of the mishap

  25-03-2025 22:51 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Officials inadvertently added a reporter to an unsecured group chat discussing plans for a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen. Here's a look at a timeline of the events.
  
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• US war plans leak shows Five Eyes allies must ‘look out for ourselves’, says Mark Carney

  25-03-2025 22:33 via theguardian.com
  
  Signal blunder likely to put strain on Five Eyes as it weighs how Trump administration handles classified informationCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said the inadvertent leak of classified military plans by senior US officials means that allied nations must increasingly “look out for ourselves” as trust frays with a once-close ally.Speaking a day after it was revealed that a journalist was accidentally included in a group chat discussing airstrikes against Yemeni rebe
  
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• ‘Perfect space crop’: Australian company to attempt to grow first mushrooms in orbit

  25-03-2025 22:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Experiment onboard upcoming SpaceX mission will examine how nutrient-rich oyster mushrooms grow in microgravityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian company will attempt to be the first to grow a crop of mushrooms in space, aboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission set to launch in early April.In an experiment aboard Fram2, the first human spaceflight mission to orbit Earth’s polar regions, the Australian fi
  
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• Who is Mike Waltz, national security adviser who added journalist to group chat?

  25-03-2025 22:21 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Donald Trump said he is confident in his national security adviser, Mike Waltz.
  
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• Hundreds join protest against Hamas in northern Gaza

  25-03-2025 22:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Demonstrators shout ‘Hamas out’ and carry banners saying ‘we want to live in peace’Hundreds of Palestinians have joined protests in northern Gaza, shouting anti-Hamas slogans and calling for an end to the war with Israel, in what has been described as the largest protest against the militant group inside the territory since the 7 October attacks.Videos and photos shared on social media late on Tuesday showed hundreds of people, mostly men, chanting “Hamas out”
  
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• Assisted dying law thrown into doubt as rollout likely delayed until at least 2029

  25-03-2025 22:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Timeline for implementation in England and Wales likely to be pushed back a further two years, meaning it may coincide with general electionThe introduction of assisted dying in England and Wales is likely to be pushed back by a further two years in a delay that supportive MPs fear could mean the change of law is never realised.The deferral was proposed by Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP piloting the assisted dying bill through parliament. It means the initial timeline of two years for implementin
  
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• Trump signs executive order that will upend US voter registration processes

  25-03-2025 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Millions of citizens could become disenfranchised in ‘farthest reaching’ executive action targeting immigrationDonald Trump has signed a far-reaching executive order that promises to fundamentally disrupt American voter registration processes, introducing measures so restrictive they could in effect disenfranchise millions of citizens if enacted.Described by Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, on Tuesday as “the farthest reaching executive action taken” in the n
  
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• Counter-terror police say fire that shut down Heathrow airport not suspicious

  25-03-2025 21:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Scotland Yard says electrical substation fire in Hayes last week no longer ‘a potentially criminal matter’A fire that led to the closure of Heathrow last week is no longer being treated as a “potentially criminal matter”, Scotland Yard has said.The Metropolitan police’s counter terrorism command had been leading the investigation to establish the cause of the blaze at the nearby electrical substation in Hayes, west London, that started on Thursday evening and was st
  
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• Danish PM accuses US of ‘unacceptable pressure’ as JD Vance says he will join Greenland visit

  25-03-2025 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  US vice-president says he will join unsolicited visit to Arctic island, which Mette Frederiksen says is ‘not what Greenland needs or wants’Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, has accused the US of putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland – which she has vowed to resist – before an unsolicited visit to the Arctic island by members of the Trump administration.Later, just hours after her comments, the White House sprang a fresh surprise, as the US v
  
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• Former employees slam 'chaos,' 'confusion' at Department of Education

  25-03-2025 21:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Since Trump eliminated nearly half of the Department of Education's workforce through an overhaul that affected roughly 2,000 people, former employees say there is chaos.
  
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• How one photojournalist documented US deportees' arrival in El Salvador

  25-03-2025 21:22 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Photojournalist Philip Holsinger talks about documenting Venezuelan migrants flown to El Salvador.
  
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• Anti-Hamas protests break out in Gaza Strip over demands to end war

  25-03-2025 21:20 via foxnews.com
  
  Anti-Hamas protests broke out in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday as hundreds of Palestinian men took to the streets to call for an end to the war with Israel.Videos of the protest began circulating on social media on Tuesday and come as Israeli air strikes and offensive operations against Hamas have continued since the first phase of an internationally-brokered ceasefire ended earlier this month, before a second phase could be secured. One such video shared with Fox News Digital by the C
  
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• Trump pick to lead SSA will conduct 'total review' of agency

  25-03-2025 21:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the SSA distanced himself from some of the actions taken at the agency by officials linked to Elon Musk and DOGE.
  
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• WATCH: Family surprises dad with puppy after he loses his mom

  25-03-2025 21:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Thomas Kelly's family wanted to bring some cheer back into his life after his mom died a few months ago and decided a puppy would be the perfect way to surprise him.
  
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• Ukraine ceasefire deal looks like a Russian wishlist tied with a US bow

  25-03-2025 20:30 via theguardian.com
  
  A moratorium on attacks on ships in the Black Sea seems to be contingent on sanctions relief – a key Kremlin demandThe Kremlin is pressing its advantage with a White House that is impatient to show that Donald Trump is the only leader who can deliver peace in the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine.At first blush, the deal agreed by US negotiators in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday offers concession on concession to the Kremlin, leaving observers to question whether Russia had given anything to se
  
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• A journalist has entered the top secret military chat

  25-03-2025 20:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And there’s a Ukraine-Russia Black Sea ceasefire deal.
  
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• Russia says it has conditions that must be met before Black Sea ceasefire begins – as it happened

  25-03-2025 20:06 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed. You can read our latest full report here:Russia and Ukraine agree to ‘eliminate the use of force’ in Black SeaA former head of Dutch cybersecurity has expressed his surprise at Donald Trump’s top team’s use of Signal for classified communications that revealed “visceral anti-European messaging”.Bart Groothuis, an MEP for the Dutch liberal VVD party, who used to run the cybersecurity bureau at the Dutch ministry of defence, said he was
  
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• WATCH: Toddler crushes social media cookie challenge

  25-03-2025 19:57 via abcnews.go.com
  
  This toddler didn't hesitate when she noticed her mom was the only one without a cookie.
  
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• What some federal judges have said amid Trump's challenges in court

  25-03-2025 18:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  As the Trump administration gets challenged in court over its policies, federal judges have been blunt in their rulings from the bench and on paper.
  
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• Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

  25-03-2025 18:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor denies assault and says he was following advice of his then lawyer when he previously told police there had been no physical contactThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack.“I grabbed her hips,” the actor, 76, told his trial for sexual assault at the Paris criminal court on Tuesday. The head judge noted that this was a ch
  
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• China remains top military and cyber threat to US, intelligence report says

  25-03-2025 18:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Annual report says Beijing making ‘steady but uneven’ progress on capabilities to capture TaiwanChina remains the United States’ top military and cyber threat, according to a new report by US intelligence agencies that said Beijing was making “steady but uneven” progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan.China has the ability to hit the United States with conventional weapons, compromise US infrastructure through cyber-attacks, and target its assets in
  
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• Eight journalists covering anti-government protests held in Turkey

  25-03-2025 17:38 via theguardian.com
  Arrests condemned as ‘unlawful’ by press freedom groups, highlighting growing repression amid demonstrations against President ErdoğanA prosecutor in Istanbul has remanded eight journalists in custody, reversing a decision to release them after they were arrested for covering Turkey’s largest anti-government protests in years.The journalists were among 10 arrested in dawn raids on their homes earlier this week. An Istanbul court initially ruled the journalists should be re
  
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• WATCH: Loose cattle tie up traffic on Texas highway

  25-03-2025 17:14 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A herd of loose livestock caused quite a traffic delay when they ran through vehicles along Interstate 45 on Monday.
  
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• Trump administration claims details of mass deportations are state secrets

  25-03-2025 17:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice department avoids providing US judge information on expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to El SalvadorThe Trump administration invoked the “state secrets” privilege to avoid providing more information to a federal judge regarding this month’s highly contentious immigrant expulsions to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act.The administration’s invocation of the privilege is a further escalation in Donald Trump’s immigration-related battle against the federa
  
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• Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director, released after detention by Israeli military – as it happened

  25-03-2025 16:50 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read our full story hereAt least 50,144 Palestinian people have been killed and 113,704 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.Gaza’s health ministry has said in the past that thousands of other dead people are most likely lost in the rubble of the territory. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump dismisses Signal security failure as ‘the only glitch in two months’

  25-03-2025 16:14 via theguardian.com
  
  President says national security adviser Mike Waltz, suspected of adding journalist to chat, ‘has learned a lesson’Donald Trump defended his embattled national security adviser on Tuesday and said the leak of highly classified military plans was “the only glitch in two months”, as scrutiny intensified into how top US officials shared operational details for bombing Yemen in a group chat.In an interview with NBC, the president said, “Michael Waltz has learned a lesso
  
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• Judge to decide if Columbia can share student disciplinary records with Congress

  25-03-2025 15:44 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A judge will hear arguments over whether to extend an order that stops Columbia University from sharing student disciplinary records with a House committee.
  
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• Online gangs of teenage boys sharing extreme material are ‘emerging threat’ in UK

  25-03-2025 15:38 via theguardian.com
  
  National Crime Agency says such groups are fuelling crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuseBlackmailing girls and encouraging suicide: the young British men in online gangsTeenage boys are joining online gangs where they share sadistic and misogynistic material that fuels crimes including fraud, violence and child sexual abuse, the director general of the National Crime Agency has warned.Offenders in online communities collaborate and compete to cause harm online and offline thro
  
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• Samsung Electronics co-CEO Han Jong-hee dies of heart attack at 63

  25-03-2025 15:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Head of tech giant’s consumer electronics and mobile devices division passed away at a hospital on TuesdaySouth Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its co-chief executive officer Han Jong-hee has died due to cardiac arrest. Han was 63.Han was in charge of Samsung’s consumer electronics and mobile devices division, while co-CEO Jun Young-hyun oversees the chip business of South Korea’s biggest company. Continue reading...
  
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• Former Yankees star Brett Gardner left with ‘many questions’ after son’s death in Costa Rica

  25-03-2025 14:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Miller Gardner died in sleep on Friday morningAuthorities awaiting analysis of toxicology testingA former New York Yankees player and his wife say they have “many questions” and “few answers” after their youngest son fell ill and died during a family vacation.Miller Gardner – the son of Brett and Jessica Gardner – was 14. Continue reading...
  
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• Violence and sexist harassment against female MPs ‘rife across Asia-Pacific’

  25-03-2025 13:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Report reveals scale of abuse faced by women in politics from countries such as Australia, India, Laos and MongoliaSexism, harassment and violence against women are rife in parliaments across the Asia-Pacific region, according to a damning report published on Tuesday that lays bare the scale of abuse faced by women in politics.Based on interviews with 150 female MPs and parliamentary staff across 33 countries across the region – including Australia, Mongolia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Fiji a
  
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• Most Britons do not know scale of UK’s involvement in slavery, survey finds

  25-03-2025 11:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved and for how long, although poll finds support for reparations is risingBritons are widely ignorant of the scale and legacy of Britain’s involvement in slavery and colonialism, a survey has found, with the vast majority unaware how many people were enslaved, how long the trade went on for, or for how long UK taxpayers were paying off a government loan to “compensate” enslavers after abolition.The poll, released to coincide with
  
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• Democrats host town halls to fire up supporters -- but is their message resonating?

  25-03-2025 11:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Town halls are among the strategies that Democrats are using to try to get their base fired up against the Trump White House.
  
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• Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

  25-03-2025 09:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Director of No Other Land attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses sayA Palestinian director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land has been arrested by the Israeli army after masked settlers attacked his house.According to five Jewish American activists who witnessed the attack, Hamdan Ballal, one of the four directors of the the film that documented the destruction of villages in the West Bank, was surrounded and attacked by a group of about 15
  
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• Teen killed after triggering avalanche in Alaska, where 4 have died in snow slides this month

  25-03-2025 09:22 via nbcnews.com
  
  A teenager has died after triggering an avalanche, the fourth person killed in snow slides in Alaska this month.
  
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• China invites U.S. business leaders to Beijing as it tries to decipher Trump’s trade plans

  25-03-2025 09:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  China courted the executives of major U.S. businesses at an annual conference this week in a sign of how Beijing seeks to offset trade pressures, rather than retaliate forcefully.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: Why every candidate in Canada’s snap election is running against Donald Trump

  25-03-2025 07:57 via theguardian.com
  
  In today’s newsletter: With elbows up on both sides, two very different political operators – Mark Carney and the Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre – attempt to fend off threats from the southGood morning. When Justin Trudeau announced he would be resigning as Canada’s prime minister in January, he did so amid surging support for the Conservative opposition and a sense that its Trump-adjacent leader, Pierre Poilievre, might be the right candidate for a new politi
  
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• 23andMe bankruptcy filing sparks privacy fears as DNA data of millions goes up for sale

  25-03-2025 05:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  With genetic testing company 23andMe declaring bankruptcy and courting bidders, the DNA data of millions of users is up for sale, sparking privacy concerns.
  
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• Job applications surging among DOGE’s targets in federal government

  25-03-2025 05:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  As the Department of Government Efficiency upends federal agencies, a new report released Tuesday by the job listing website Indeed shows the number of workers looking for new jobs has spiked.
  
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• Belize authorities eye carbon monoxide in deaths of 3 American tourists

  25-03-2025 04:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Authorities in Belize are taking a closer look at the possibility that carbon monoxide poisoning may have played a role in the deaths of three Americans last month.
  
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• USC star JuJu Watkins suffers season-ending injury in game against Mississippi State

  25-03-2025 04:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  University of Southern California basketball star JuJu Watkins suffered a season-ending leg injury during the Trojans' NCAA Tournament victory Monday, the team announced.
  
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• WATCH: The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg discusses Yemen war plan group chat

  25-03-2025 03:43 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, spoke with ABC News' Linsey Davis after Goldberg was included on an unsecure group chat discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen.
  
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• Trump officials shared military plans on a private app — 10 years after Clinton email controversy

  25-03-2025 03:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Trump and his allies repeatedly went after Hillary Clinton for not using proper government channels to send messages containing classified material.
  
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• Drake Bell opens up to former co-star Josh Peck following 'Quiet on Set' docuseries

  25-03-2025 01:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Drake Bell told his former Nickelodeon co-star Josh Peck that he worried about the fate of their friendship after he reported allegations of child abuse during their time on “Drake & Josh.”
  
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• Man and 2 children found alive after Alaska plane crash

  25-03-2025 01:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  A man and two children were found with injuries that were not life-threatening Monday near the wreckage of a small plane on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula that had been reported overdue the night before, authorities said.
  
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• The Papers: 'Putin's brutal peace' and 'growing pains for Chancellor'

  25-03-2025 01:09 via bbc.com
  
  Civilian casualties from Russian air strikes in Ukraine and the UK's economic difficulties lead the papers.
  
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• Oscar-winning Palestinian director was beaten and arrested in West Bank, co-filmmaker says

  25-03-2025 00:50 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Palestinian filmmaker who was part of a team that won an Oscar for “No Other Land" was beaten by West Bank settlers and then arrested by Israeli forces, his co-director said Monday.
  
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